As the sun peeks over the horizon in Sarangani province, Philippines, 43-year-old Virgie Montero bustles around the house, preparing breakfast for her husband and four children before heading to work at her convenience store along the main road.
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- ActivityDespite pockets of progress, Nepal’s water security, as measured by the metrics of equity, functionality, and ecosystem health, is among the weakest in Asia.
- ActivityCurrent water security challenges facing the Philippine archipelago include burgeoning populations, unsustainable land uses, and deficient wastewater services.
- ReportIn 2020, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) project conducted a
- BriefCommunity-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been implemented widely across Ghana and has led to many communities declared to be open defecation-free (ODF). However, the poor often do not benefit equally from CLTS programs.
- BriefCommunity-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been widely used and adapted as an approach for reducing open defecation.
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- ReportCampylobacter spp. infections are the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis (Murray et al., 2012). In children under two years of age, Campylobacter spp.
- BlogAs the effects of COVID-19 continued to reverberate around the world in 2021, USAID ramped up its response to expand critical water and sanitation access for millions of people worldwide.